May 4, 2009, Birmingham, AL— The Birmingham Public Library will host a free one-day seminar for inventors, entrepreneurs, educators, legal professionals, and the general public. The seminar will be presented by the program staff of the United States Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program.

The seminar will include an overview of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, as well as sessions on conducting patent and trademark searches and much more.

The agenda for “Researching Patent and Trademark Information” is listed below. For more details, please call Government Documents at 226-3620.

Reservations are required and may be made by calling 205-226-3620 or by email at gov@bham.lib.al.us. Deadline for reservations is Friday, May 22.